Brain Fever: Poems by Hahn, Kimiko
Brain Fever: Poems by Hahn, Kimiko

Brain Fever: Poems

Acclaimed as "one of the most fascinating female poets of our time" (BOMB), Kimiko Hahn is a...
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Author: Kimiko Hahn
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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Brain Fever: Poems by Hahn, Kimiko

Brain Fever: Poems

$71.99 $39.97
Brain Fever: Poems by Hahn, Kimiko

Brain Fever: Poems

$71.99 $39.97
Author: Kimiko Hahn
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Description
Acclaimed as "one of the most fascinating female poets of our time" (BOMB), Kimiko Hahn is a shape-shifter, a poet who seeks novel forms for her utterly original subject matter and "stands as a welcome voice of experimentation and passion" (Bloomsbury Review). In Brain Fever, Hahn integrates the recent findings of science, ancient Japanese aesthetics, and observations from her life as a woman, wife, mother, daughter, and artist.

Rooted in meditations on contemporary neuroscience, Brain Fever takes as its subject the mysteries of the human mind--the nature of dreams and memories, the possibly illusory nature of linear time, the complexity of conveying love to a child. In one poem, "A Bowl of Spaghetti," she cites a comparison that researchers draw between unraveling "the millions of miles of wires in the [human] brain" and "untangling a bowl of spaghetti," and thus she untangles a memory of her own: "I have an old photo: Rei in her high chair intently / picking out each strand to mash in her mouth. // Was she two? Was that sailor dress from mother? / Did I cook that sauce from scratch? If so, there was a carrot in the pot."

Equally inspired by Sei Shonagon's tenth-century Pillow Book and the latest findings of cognitive research, Brain Fever is a thrilling blend of the timely and the timeless.



Author: Kimiko Hahn
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 07/18/2017
Pages: 138
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.50w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9780393354409

About the Author
Hahn, Kimiko: - Kimiko Hahn, the poet laureate of New York, has written more than ten poetry collections. A chancellor of the Academy of American Poets, she has won a Guggenheim Fellowship and the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize for Lifetime Achievement, among other awards. Hahn teaches at Queens College, City University of New York, and lives in New York.
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